رَغِبنا في الحَياةِ لِفِرطِ جَهلٍ

وَفَقدُ حَياتِنا حَظٌّ رَغيبُ

We longed for life due to extreme ignorance

And the loss of our lives is an unlucky fate

شَكا خُزَرٌ حَوادِثَها وَلَيثٌ

فَما رُحِمَ الزَئيرُ وَلا الضَغيبُ

A gazelle complained of its tribulations and a lion did too

Yet neither the roar nor the growl were pitied

شَهِدتُ فَلَم أُشاهِد غَيرَ نُكرٍ

وَغَيَّبَني المُنى فَمَتى أَغِبُ

I witnessed, but did not see anything except estrangement

And desire took me away, so when will I be absent?